Variable complexity modeling of postbuckled stiffeners for delamination initiation

Delamination at the free edge is analyzed as a mode of failure for uniaxial compression of postbuckled structural components. Analyses are performed for I-section stiffeners and for a dropped-ply laminate, all of which failed due to free edge delamination in earlier experimental studies. These speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barlas, Fatma Aylin
Other Authors: Aerospace Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45361
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10312009-020245/